Well, I've never been to Japan so I couldn't say. I do know that we have a bit of a following there however.
I would never be able to choose one project over another because it is the balance, the variation, the change that is important to me.
Well, musicians everywhere make up a small part of the population, so incest is to be expected.
I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.
In fact, I try to embrace the music, personality, style, phrasing of other's depending on who I'm playing with. I try to reflect their music.
I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition.
I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.
NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.